Dicho español · Spanish proverb
«No hay mal que dure cien años ni cuerpo que lo resista.»
Word for word
There is no evil that lasts one hundred years nor body that resists it.
What it really means
The closest English equivalent: No hardship lasts forever, nor a body that endures it.
Said to comfort someone going through a long illness or difficult period, meaning that all bad times eventually end.
Hear it in a sentence
No hay mal que dure cien años ni cuerpo que lo resista, así que ten paciencia con esta enfermedad.
No hardship lasts forever, nor a body that endures it, so be patient with this illness.
Why learn dichos?
Proverbs like this one are everywhere in spoken Spanish — dropped mid-conversation, usually just the first half, with the rest left for you to complete. Recognizing them is one of the fastest ways to sound less like a textbook and follow real speech. Every Lingocito edition signs off with the dicho del día, so you meet one a day next to news written at your exact level.